Comparison of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and ribotyping for subtyping of Vibrio cholerae O139 isolated in Thailand

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-58

  Dalsgaard, A ^a   Skov, M N ^a   Serichantalergs, O ^b   Echeverria, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; THAILAND; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029741008     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800001126     Document Type: Article

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